> IOW, the "source" in "open-source context" isn't actually talking about "source" as in "source code", but "source" as in "source of information". Not really related.
ESR says specifically that it's related - he says the relation is a 'feature' of the name, even.
ESR was the president of the OSI when it published the Open Source Definition and applied for the trademark. Justifying a weaker definition can’t be why he called it a feature.
ESR says specifically that it's related - he says the relation is a 'feature' of the name, even.